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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-11-17
LAST NIGHT ON EARTH.
How the Condemned Men Passed Thei
Last Few Hours Of Sleep.

How the Condemned Men Passed Theft
Last Few Hours of Sleep.
Cook COUNTY JAIL, CHICAGO, Nov. II.
During the long hours of the night the
the only newspaper men who were ad-
mitted to the inner precincts of the jail
We're the representatives of the press.
They had quarters in what is known as
the lawyers cage, and were within ten
feet of the anarchists At 4 O'Clock one
Of them made q tour of the lower
corridor where Spies, Parsons,
Fischer and Engle were con-
fined. In each cell were two stalwart
guards, who stood guard over the an
archists. The former chatted in low tones
and whispered jokes amene themselves
to while away the time. But the talk
and whispered jokes were all lost on the
prisoners. Each one was in the heaviest
OF slumbers. Spies lay on one side,
his head on his arm, and
slept as peacefully as babe.
Engel lay motionless, as did Parsons, ex-
cept that at times the latter started un-
easily, as if dreams were coursing through
his mind. Then at intervals the silence
was broken by the steelthy walk of an
armed guard, who made the rounds of
the lower corridor to see that all
was well. All the eemmoq
prisoners, to the number of about 200,
were left in their usual cells, The prac-
tice at hangings in Chicago is to not re-
move them until q few hours before the
execution takes place. Sheriff Mattson
decided to follow the old rule. At the
appointed time all of those located in the
tiers of cells facing north, and which
command partial view of the scaffold,
are marched into the tiers facing south,
where not glimpse Of the execution can
be had
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Two New York Table Princes.

Larry Jerome is not eminent in politics
or finance, has never held notable pub
lie position and his wealth Is limited, yet
when he arrived from England yesterday
the'whole town began to gossip and today
there are interviews in the papers col
umns in length. 1t would puzzle an out
slider to account for Larry Jerome's prom
inence. No recent arrival has attracted
SO much attention. Beside him the ST.
amese princes, the Duke of Marlborough,
Sir Lyon Playfair and all the other nobil-
tiles fade out of sight. Larry jerome
dwarfs them all. The explanation is
simple: He's q diner out and mighty
one at that. His presence at q table in
sures the success Of the entertainment.
Wherever he goes he is eagerly sought
after on account of his jollity, wit and
humor. I've known John w. Mackay
and Roscoe Conkling to wander about the
uptown cafes for hours trying to find Je-
rome or Tom Ochiltree SO as to carry them
off to dinner.
A more beautiful and touching sight
than these four gentlemen around the feg-
tive board 1t would be impossible to i'm
agine. I've seen them in the now defunct
Carleton club when even the winters were
impressed by the air Of geniality and good
fellowship that lowered over the table,
Ochiltree was benign, rotund, gloomy,
fiery and joyous; Mackay silent and
bright eyed, smiling with intense amuse-
ment; Conkling digni1ed, but quizzical
and bright, and Larry Jerome amiable,
easy, quick as a fash at repartee, brim-
ming over with infectious fun--in word,
himself. Ochiltree's fame is still grow
ing and he owes it all to his social Oual-
ties. Like Jerome, he is short, stout and
the picture Of good living.-New York
Cor. Philadelphia Pres.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-11-17
MINNESOTA CROPS.

Estimate on the Yield Of Various Coarse
Grains---Large Increase in Quantity and
Quality of the Corn Crop---Oats Do Not
Last Year--The Flax Crop.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Nov. 10.-The crop
of coarse grains raised in Minnesota this
year will exceed those of last, although
the increase is due more to increase Of
acreage than in yield. The corn crop of
Minnesota, with the exception of a few
counties in the southern part of the
state, is much better than last year.
From reports it is estimated that the
average yield is 80 bushels against 341s
bushelslast year. The acreage as given
by the Commissioner of statistics is $751;
1858 against 557, COS last year. The total
yield last year was II, $50, 900. The total
crop this year based on 80 bushels per
acre on 631, 1858 acres is 90, 213, 606, an in
crease of about 2, SOC, 600. The quality of
the crop is generally very good, most of
it having been too far advanced when the
first frost came to be seriously injured.
The crop of oats raised this year, al
though not quite as heavy an average as
last year, Is much larger in the total.
The area sown in 1887 was 1878, 900,
against 1, 127, 900 In 1885. The average yield
last year was nearly 80 bushels per acre.
This year about 81 bushels. This on an
acreage Of ! .27S, 900 gives total crop Of
80, 1881, 900, against 35,875, 900 last year.
The quality Of the crop is not as good as
last year, as the heavy rains which came
just as the harvest was finished caused
considerable damage in some sections.
The acreage Of FAX this year is not as
large as year ago In many counties
the crop was damaged by the hot and wet
weather in 1885, and farmers became dis
couraged.and put the ground to other
crops this year. The acreage in 1885 was
204, 900; this year 1t is reported at 1T 900.
The yield will be about 1, 200, 900.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-11-17
ALASKAN SEALERS.

The Controversy Between Great Britain
and the United States Very Serious.
WAsHINGTog, Nov. 15,-The to1tro-
versy over tho British sealers seized by
our government in Alaskan waters is
more serious than has perhaps been an
ticipated. 1t appears from a publication
of the Canadian government that Great
Britain made a very emphatic demand
for the release of the sealers and they
were released, and that the subjects Of
Great Britain have put in quite a for
midable bill of damages against the
United States, the merits of which
are still in controversy between the two
governments. Whether or not the ques-
lions connected with the seizures of the
sealers will be brought up in the fishery
conference which is soon to meet here, it
is evident that the British authorities in
tend to make the most of the Alaska in
cident in some way, and that a specific
case is to be urged for damages which
may assume as grave a character as the
questions now pending relative to the
fisheries on the Atlantic coast.
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the case Gov. Oglesby says: Samuel Fiel
den, Michael Schwab and August Spies
unite in apetition for executive clemency
Fielden and Schwab in addition present
separate and supplementary petitions fol
the communication of their sentences
While am satisfied of the guilt of al
the parties, as found by the verdict Of
the jury, which was sustained by the
judgments of the courts, most careful.
consideration of the whole subject leads
ME to the conclusion that the sentence o.
the law as to Samuel Fielder and Michae
schwab the sentence is committed to i'm
prisonment In the penitentiary for life
As to all the other defendants do moi
feel justified in interfering with the sen
tence of the court.
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LlnBg prcSenEeu
q most horrible

sight with the lower part of his jaw COM
pletely torn off and his thick auburn
hair still matted with blood. The cheeks
were torn out and hung down in jagged
pieces upon his neck; the teeth were
Knocked out, the gums torn away, and but
small stump of the tongue appeared
protruding from the mangled throat. In
the upper part of the throat Immediately
under the lower part of the jaw bone a
terrible gap had been torn out of the in
SIDE The ball of the thumb of the left
hand, with which he had touched off the
explosive in his mouth, was torn open.
Or. Gray administered stimulants to the
wounded man, dressed his wounds and
Performed an operation On bis throat
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-11-17
ABOUT THE ARMY.

Gen. sheridan's Annual Report A
Larger Army and Fewer Eomcer.
Needed.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.-Lieut Gen. p.
81. Sheridan has presented his annual re-
port to the secretary of war. From the
report 1t appears that at the date of the
last consolidated returns the army con.
sisted of 1900 officers and "a, 236 men,
including Indian scouts.
According to his observation and ex'
perience most of the state troops now
march well and handle the gun well. but
they are deficient in discipline in all the
duties that teach soldier to take care OF
himself while in camp or upon march.
This defect can best be overcome by es.
tablishing some system of encampment
under the control and direction and at
the entire expense Of the general govern
vnant
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PLACED AT REST.
al Chicago Turns cut to Witness the Last
Rites to the Hanged Anarchists.

al Chicago Turns out to Witness the Last
Rites to the Hanged Anarchists.
CHICAGO, Nov. IA great concourse
of people followed the remains of August
Spies, Adolph Fisher, Albert r. Parsons,
George Engle and Louis Lingg in their
funeral procession Sunday.
Although probably $4,000 people were
massed on Milwaukee avenue,
from the Des PLANES street via
duct to North Paulina, distance of two
miles, there was no disorder. The entire
ceremony, from the homes to the ceme-
terry, was conducted with as much quiet
as was possible in such a vast throng.
At the grave the crowd was
very dense. The funeral orations were
delivered by Capt. Black, Robert Reit-
zell, of Delaware, who spoke in German,
L. J. Morgan, a socialist leader, and
others. The collins of the anarchists
were deposited in the vault and soon
after The crowd dispersed.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-11-17
FREE MOVEMENT or WHEAT.

Minneapolis BIillers Fear That Sufficient
win Not Be Reserved to Garry the Mills
Through the Year,
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Nov. 16.-The
added daily capacity of the twenty mills
grinding amounts to 29,565 barrels, and
the output per day will probably be "a, =
500. Millers are regarding with some
apprehension the rapid movement of
wheat from farmers hands, as we'll as the
facility with which it drops out of sight
when reaching commercial points.
that sufficient reserve will not be
contorod hn~~ - 49, H. a.,
~ UIe line the
movement is over to carry the mills
through until another crop Is fit to 90
ipto -four,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-11-17
Republican National Committee Cell.

PITTsBURG, Penn, Oct. 22.-B. r.
Jones, chairman of the Republican ma
tional committee, has issued circular
calling meeting of the committee at the
Arlington house, Washington, d. c.,
Dec. 8, 1887. The committee will then
fix the date and place OF meeting of the
next Republican national convention and
Transact such other business as may b
brought before it.
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o'clock, when it was supposed the
fat would so forth, according to the
last bulletin from the executive mansion.
The final decree concerning the doomed
anarchists was telegraphed to Sheriff
Matson by the governor at o'clock p. m.
The formal decision bearing the great
seal of the state will be taken
to Chicago on the 8 o'clock train
by the governors son and private
secretary, Robert oglesby, who will be
met ct the depot by Sheriff Matson, who
will formally receive the warrant Of the
state to execute Fischer, Engel, Parsons
and Spies. The governor seemed very
much affected by this adverse decision in
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-11-17
A LAST GOODBYE.

Relatives of the Condemned Men Arc Adj
mitted to Say Their Eternal Farewells.
CHICAGO, Nov. 1i-When the news of
the Communication of the sentences of
Fielden and Schwab was Saceived word
was sent to the relatives of the six pris-
oners, and in a short time they were
nearly all at the Jail to take their last
farewell. Mrs. Schwab was the first to
arrive, and the interview between her
and her husband was very affecting.
Miss Engle chung to her father and
sobbed convulsively, as if heart broken.
Mrs Spies, mother of August, had been
waiting an hour and a half when she
was admitted. Her sobs could be
heard all through the build.
ing She did not stay long.
But the browning scene of all was the
visit of Nina Van Zandt, the proxy wife
Of Spies. AS she walked through the
main Office she betrayed no emotion. The
moment at which she saw August, how
ever, completely changed her demeanor.
Thare was a look, then gasp and in q
trice they were in each others arms.
The interview between the prisoner and
his faithful devotee lasted nearly half an
hour
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-11-17
THE PADDOCK MURDER TRIAL.
Public Sentiment Aagaiu Fully Aroused

Public Sentiment Aagaiu Fully Aroused
"A Marlborough rirninal Case.
SIOUX CRY, Iowa, Nov. 14.-All the
sensational incidents created by and sur
rounding the arrest, trial and conviction
of Munchrath for the alleged completely
in the murder Of Rev. George G. Had
dock, have been reawakened by the COM
mcncement of the second trial of John
Arensdorf on similar charge. The pub
lie sentiment aroused by the recapitula-
ton of all the evidence surrounding the
terrible tragedy would appear to indicate
but little hope Of favorable result of a
new trial
SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Nov. 15.-The sec
ond day in the Arensdorf trial has been
occupied entirely in securing qualified
jurymen. If the legal contest of the case
is indicated by the work of selecting u
jury, the hardest fought criminal case is
now taking Mace
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-11-17
100000 RIOTERS.
'cai.Soe;. -'nus Collision Sunday
BeI'y the London Mob
and the Police.
Two Hundred Rioters and Fifty Police
WOunded...The Leaders Ar.
rested and Sentenced.

LONDON, Nov. l4.-The scene at Ira
falgar square Sunday has not been
equaled since 1866, when the people, in
attesting their right to hold public meet
ings, destroyed the ratings of Hyde park.
Fairly in the day 1000 policemen took
possession Of the square and its ap-
proaches, prepared to hold it and prevent
the advertised meeting. Soon the differ
ent clubs, associations, etc, began to
arrive, after having marched through
the various districts in which they be-
longed, headed by bands of music and
flying flags, banners, streamers, etc.
These detachments were composed OF
socialists, radicals, Irish societies and q
few trades associations, and as fast as
they came to the square they were at
tackled and dispersed by the police, only
to reassemble and press forward. Later,
as the crowds became more dense, fierce
fights were started between the police
and the mob in Northum berland avenue,
Whitehall, Pail Mall and other adjacent
streets, in which the police were uni
formly the victors. One detachment,
preceded by a band, succeeded in
getting into the square and a bloody fight
ensued, which ended finally in the repulse
of the intruders and the injury of many
persons. At 4:30 p. m. the crowd num-
bered easily 100. 600 and it became so per-
fectly manifest that the police were power
less to disperse them that the military
was summoned. In response: to this call
a force of cavalry and infantry came upon
the pround but thew refrained from
charging upon the multitude, because the
people, awed by the presence of troops,
had begun to disperse, and by dusk COM
paratively few remained. Two hundred
citizens and forty of the police were in
jured in the succession of melees that
took place, and about fifty of the dis.
turbers were arrested, including Burns,
the socialist leader. Some of those in
jured were well enough to leave the hos
pital after their wounds had been dressed,
while others are so badly hurt that they
cannot fully recover for weeks.
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A NEST OF ANARCHY.
Two Hundred of the Reds Unearthed in
Toledo---A Meeting to BE Suppressed.

Two Hundred of the Reds Unearthed in
Toledo---A Meeting to Be Suppressed.
TOLEDO, O., Nov. 15.-The chief Of
police unearthed a society of anarchists
fully 200 in number in central part Of
the city. Thousands of circulars printed
in red announcing mass meeting to be
addressed by Paul Grotkau, the NIL
waukee anarchist, at Walbridge hall,
have been scattered in the city. The cir
culars say Grotkau will address the
laboring men of Toledo upon the princi-
pies of socialism, and will call their at
tention TO the murder by the capitalistic
press of four men last Friday in Chicago
by its false reports" The police propose
to prevent the holding of the meeting,
and the anarchist leaders assert that they
will hold their meeting, come what will.
Trouble is feared
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-11-17
OPEN TO KANSAS CITY.

Arrangements Being Made for q Fast
Train on the milwaukee Between SC.
Paul and That City.
ST. PAUL, Nov. 10.-The Kansas City
extension of the Chicago, Milwaukee e.
st. Paul railway is open for business, and
will run two express trains daily between
Chicago and Kansas City. Arrangements
arc also being made for fast trains be.
tween Chicago md Kansas City,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-11-17
LANDS FAST DISAPPEARING.

Az the Present Rate the Best of Dakota
Lands Will All BE Gone in a Year.
ST. PAUL, Nov. 12.-There are %, 000,-
900 acres of government land in Dakota
still open to settlement. The Bismarck
land district has $500, 900 acres, Devils
Lake district. 1900, 900 acres; Deadwood
district, 1000, 900 acres; Aberdeen dis
trict, coo, 900 acres, and Fargo district
400, 900 acres. The land in Huron,
WATERFOWL, Mitchell and Yankton dis
iricts is substantially gone. Some time,
of course, a portion of the reservation set
aside for the Indians will be open for gen.
eral settlement, but at present &c, 900. 900
acres comprise all the available land for
settlers in the vast territory of Dakota.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-11-17
-FOUR ANARCHISTS HUNG.
Spies, Parsons, Engel and Fischer
Pay the Penalty Of Their An
archistic Utterances.
Fielden and Schwab, by Executive Glenn
ency, Are Saved From the GalloWs
to End Their Lives in Prison.
Three Hundred Police on Duty in
and Around the Building to
Prevent an Outbreak.
Last Night on Earth Of the Doomed Men,
Scenes in and Around the Jal---The
Anarchists Families.

CHICAGO, Nov. 11.-As the hands on
the big clock In the jail Office pointed to
$50 there was little stir at the door
and the guard admitted Chief Deputy
Sheriff Gleason, who bore the fatal docu-
ments sealing the anarchists doom.
Deputy Gleason was met at the door by
Sheriff Matson and they at once retired
to the latter's private room, where they
had a private consultation of several
minutes. Meantime the condemned
men seemed to have re-
ceiyed an intimation of Gleason's business
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MARKET REPORTS.
In SC. Paul.

81. PAUL. Nov. 49,
Wheat-No. hard. 7lc bid: No. northern,
CSC bid: No. 2 northern. G5c bid.
Corn-No. 2 cash. 39c bid. t..
oats--No. 2. mixed, &c bid, &c asked: No
vember. &c bid: No. 1 white. &c bid, No. 2
white. 2sc asked; Mob white, 24c bid; &c asked.
Barley-No. 2, 55c bid; No. 3. 45043c bid.
Rye-No. q &c bid.
Poultry-Live chickens, Old, 50Gc; dressed
chickens, e9sc: live turkey, 7@sc; dressed tur-
keys, 81l0c: ducks and geese, SQ9c; prairie
chickens, 900 per dozen. Teal, 125;
mallard and red head ducks, 900 per dozen;
mixed ducks, 1.50. Pheasants, 1. 7512.00. Wild
geese, 6.0OG7.50 per dozen. Venison saddles,
1oG1lc.
Eggs-Quoted at 10000 per dozen.
Butter-Fancy creamery, 23G25c; choice
extra, 1s122; choice dairy, isaac: common
dairy, R0l5c; packing stock, l0c.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-11-17
WISCONSIN LUMBER.

A Scheme of Senator Sawyer to Sell the
. Pine on the Menominee Reservation.
OSHKOSH, Wis, Nov. 15.-Senator Saw
yer is reported as saying in an interview
that he would introduce a measure this
winter to throw on the market about
$50, 000,00O feet of pine on the Menomi-
nee reservation, which he thinks would
bring from 81 to s5 if sold before 1T is fup-
Their damaged by fires. The money thus
obtained when placed at interest would
give the 1,500 Indians handsome an
nuity. The pine is on the upper Wolf,
directly tributary to Oshkosh, and the
proposition is to have it appraised and
sold in eighty-acre tracts.
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Heavy tide of I,nmieration.

ST. PAUL, Nov. 3.--Emigration over
the Northern Pacific road to Washington
territory is surprising everybody. Not
less than two through emigrant sleepers
go out every day to Tacoma, Spokane
and other points. These e:nigrants arc
farmers mostly, and are very superior
class Of people, and all of tnem have
some money. Most Of them come from
Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Mis-
saur3 Iowa and Wisconsin,.
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Striking Brakemer,.

MASON CITY, Iowa, Nov. 15.-Forty of
& St. Paul road at this place struck
Monday, absolutely refusing to go out On
double-headers. A general strike win
doubtless now be made all along the di-
vision between Mason City, Iowa, and
Chamberlain, d. T. No freights are row
going ont.
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were then drawn down
COMMITTED TWO.

Governor Oglesby Issues q Decree Chang
. ing the Sentences of Fielder and
Schwab to Inprisonmcnt for Life.
SPRINGFIELD, H., Nov. 1.-THE gov
ernor commuted the sentences of
+ eden and Schwab to imprisonment for
lie in the penitentiary. The governor
refuses to interfere in the cases of the
other men. The governor made the an
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-11-17
INDICTED STORDOCK.

The Grand Jury Finds q Bill Against
the Prison Warden on Both Charges.
SALTWATER, Nov. 12-Warden Stor-
dock, whose case has been before the
grand jury, was indicted On both charges
preferred against him by Fayette Marsh,
eX-Warden Reeds counsel, viz: Crimi-
nal libel and subordination OF perjury.
Public sentiment here fully agrees with
the finding of the Jury.
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and Spies asked
one of the guards II
the death warrants
had come. He was
very nervous and
seemed to be con-
sumed with an in
terpal fever which
sent HIS hot blood
to his face, flush
ing it to a deep
red. At times a
deathly pallo or
would spread over
his features for a
moment and his
nervousnass he
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To Secure the Convention.

MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 15.-The general
committee appointed to secure the ma
tional Republican convention for Mime
apolis will leave Minneapolis for Wash
ington Dec. 4, thus arriving in Washing
ton two days in advance Of the meeting
Of the national committee.
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what Fielden and schwab viii Do.

What F1eIden and SchWab VIII Do.
JOLIET, Nov. 15.-Fielden and Schwab,
the anarchists, were taken from their
cells in the court solitary and assigned to
duty and given a cell in the eastern cell
house. On account of his poor health
Schwab was put to work in the convict
kitchen, where the food for the prisoners
is prepared. Fielder has been assigned to
the cut stone department and will prob
ably do labOrer's work.